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FAITH AT WORK 


By^ 

GERTRUDE S. TROWBRIDGE 



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Foreword 


In recent healing cults that claim to be based 
upon the Bible, yet whose tenets are so confused 
by extraneous comment that such foundation is 
obscured, I have been greatly interested. While 
studying these religions, I spent one winter in 
regular attendance on their services and a year in 
study of one especial cult. Such investigations 
would have left my mind in confusion had I not 
found certain laws, dangers, and advantages com¬ 
mon to them all. 

My conclusion is that all the good points of these 
revolts against older creeds are not new, but were 
more strongly, simply, beautifully, and logically 
expressed, ages ago in the Bible. The only novelty 
that attracts attention is the dangerous permission 
given to untrained people to apply systems of 
mental healing to all forms of disease, many lives 
being lost through this practice; although there are 
also healings through faith in these teachings just 
as there are faith healings at Lourdes and at other 
shrines. 

The work of modern psychologists and other 
scientists is in great contrast, for while they are 
daily unfolding spiritual laws that explain many of 
the miracles of Jesus, these careful students state 
limitations of their discoveries arid recommend 

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their use slowly and with understanding, as they 
search for further illumination of the psychic laws 
of which our Lord was master. 

It is interesting to learn that several famous 
psychiatrists are suggesting daily prayers for 
nervous patients and that people who depend upon 
spiritual guidance are least apt to have mental 
trouble. Professor James was not original in his 
statements about great reserves, mental and spirit¬ 
ual, that we all possess, and should continually use, 
but was putting into scientific language the words 
of Paul. 

One reason for the popularity of the new creeds 
is the failure of many old-fashioned Christians to 
reveal in their lives the joy, health, and effective¬ 
ness that Christ came to give. We have had a 
hang-over of Puritanical gravity and lack of plia¬ 
bility that are neither attractive nor health-giving. 

We can thank the new beliefs for awakening us 
to that exaggeration of solemnity and the best cure 
for it is a sense of humor and Biblical wisdom. 
The latter we cannot obtain unless we return to 
daily reading of the Bible and to following its 
teaching. We have foolishly neglected that source 
of power and it is no wonder that this generation 
finds many depressed, spiritually starved, and ready 
to swallow any cheering novelty without consider¬ 
ing whether or not their souls can digest it. 

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Long before psychologists had recognized that 
the soul is more impressionable at night and morn¬ 
ing, religions realized it and used the beginning and 
the end of the day for prayers; the time that Coue 
fixed for auto-suggestion. Catholics have matins 
and vespers, Mahometans the muezzin calls, sun- 
worshippers, devotions at sunrise and sunset; and 
the most beautiful translation from the Sanscrit is 
possibly the Salutation to the Dawn.* 

Even ordinary people who consider very little 
mystic meanings and states of mind are aware of 
the need of spiritual uplift, night and morning. 

A woman who dreaded morning depression al¬ 
ways hung on her bed where she could see it upon 
awakening a sign, reading: “ I shall feel better by 
ten o’clock.” She would have been better prepared 
for the day by reciting the Salutation to the Dawn. 


* Listen to the Salutation to the Dawn! 


Look to this day! 

For it is life, the very life of life. 

In its brief course lie all the 
Varieties and realities of your existence; 

The bliss of growth, 

The glory of action, 

The splendor of beauty: 

For yesterday is but a dream 
And tomorrow is only a vision, 

But today well lived makes 

Every yesterday a dream of happiness, 

And every tomorrow a vision of hope. 
Look well, therefore, to this day! 

Such is the Salutation to the Dawn. 

—From the Sanscrit. 


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Another asked: “ Have you ever felt so mad at 
yourself at night that you wanted to kick out the 
bottom of the bed? ,, The method of Brother 
Lawrence would have helped the latter, for “ he 
calmly examined his day to see if he had done well. 
If not, he begged forgiveness. If he had done his 
best, he thanked God, then gave himself no further 
distress, but returned to the practise of the presence 
of God as if he had never deviated from it.” 

There is no substitute for this morning and 
evening communion: putting ourselves in accord 
with the Holy Spirit within us. It becomes a great 
joy after constant practise, and it conquers fear, 
anxiety, and other ills that flow from dark think¬ 
ing. For this inspiration, we need help from the 
Bible and from church services. 

From the unfathomable riches of the Bible* the 
verses in this booklet are selected and presented 
with other religious expressions as especially ap¬ 
plicable to some of the problems of our hurried 
days in which we need the poise, serenity, and 
power that only God supplies. 

G. S. T. 

Flushing, N. Y. 

♦Unless otherwise indicated, the Bible quotations in this 
book are from the American Standard Version. 

The hymns quoted are from “The Pilgrim Hymnal,” and 
are used by permission of The Pilgrim Press. 


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Contents 


I. The Joyful Christian . . . .11 

II. The Effect of Thought on Health . 15 

III. Morning and Evening Prayer . .21 

IV. Courage . ■.24 

V. Steadiness . . . . . . .29 

VI. Judging Others.34 

VII. Some Attributes of God . . . .40 

VIII. Work.44 

IX. Simple Rife.50 

X. Living with Others.56 

XI. Wisdom.63 

XII. Roosevelt's Reasons for Going to 

Church.72 

XIII. Home Ideals ..74 

XIV. Prayers.75 


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THE JOYFUL CHRISTIAN 

And this is the message which we have heard 
from him, and announce unto you, that God is 
light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say 
that we have fellowship with him and walk in the 
darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: but if we 
walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have 
fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus 
his Son cleanseth us from all sin.—1 John 1: 5-7. 

Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit 
of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with 
unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of 
the Lord, are transformed into the same image 
from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the 
Spirit.—2 Cor. 3 : 17, 18. 

Rejoice in the Lord always: again I will say Re¬ 
joice. Let your forbearance be known unto all 
men. The Lord is at hand. In nothing be anx¬ 
ious ; but in everything by prayer and supplication 
with thanksgiving let your requests be made known 
unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth 

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all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your 
thoughts in Christ Jesus— Phit. 4: 4-7. 

Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypo¬ 
crites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure 
their faces, that they may be seen of men to fast. 
Verily I say unto you, They have received their 
reward. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy 
head, and wash thy face; that thou be not seen of 
men to fast, but of thy Father who is in secret: 
and the Father, who seeth in secret, shall recom¬ 
pense thee.— Matt. 6: 16-18. 

Even as the Father hath loved me, I also have 
loved you; abide ye in my love. If ye keep my 
commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as 
I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide 
in his love. These things have I spoken unto you, 
that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may 
be made full.— John 15:9-11. 

Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of 
my cup: 

Thou maintainest my lot. 

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places ; 

Yea, I have a goodly heritage. 

I will bless Jehovah, who hath given me counsel; 
Yea, my heart instructeth me in the night seasons. 

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I have set Jehovah always before we: 

Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be 
moved. 

Therefore my heart is glad and my glory re- 
joiceth: 

My flesh also shall dwell in safety. 

For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol; 

Neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see 
corruption. 

Thou wilt show me the path of life: 

In thy presence is fulness of joy; 

In thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. 

—Ps. 16:5-11. 


Be glad in Jehovah, and rejoice, ye righteous; 
And shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart. 


—Ps. 32:11. 


Let all those that see thee rejoice and be glad 
in thee.—Ps. 40: 16. 

For the Kingdom of God is not eating and 
drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in 
the Holy Spirit. For he that therein serveth Christ 
is well-pleasing to God, and approved of men. So 
then let us follow after things which make for 
peace, and things whereby we may edify one an¬ 
other— Rom. 14:17-19. 

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Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and 
peace in believing; that ye may abound in hope, in 
the power of the Holy Spirit— Rom. 15 : 13. 

ONE) INCREASING PURPOSE 

The changing years, eternal God, 

Fulfil thy perfect thought: 

The ancient paths the fathers trod 

Are widening out to pathways broad, 

Because thy hand hath wrought. 

Our sires adored and worshiped thee, 

Yet feared beneath thy rod; 

For clearer light, by which we see 

Thy judgments and thy grace agree, 

We bless thee, O our God. 

They saw thee in the cloud and flame; 

We see thee in the sun; 

And praise thee that the years proclaim 

Thy justice and thy love the same, 

And joy and duty one. 

Dear Father,—kind when most severe, 

Most loving when most just; 

To lead us on from year to year, 

In pastures wide by waters clear. 

Thy guiding hand we trust. 

—Caroline A. Mason (1823-1890) 


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II 


THE EFFECT OF THOUGHT ON HEALTH 

Heaviness in the heart of a man maketh it stoop: 
But a good word maketh it glad.— Prov. 12:25. 

The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; 

But a broken spirit who can bear?—P rov. 18: 14. 

A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh; 

But envy is the rottenness of the bones. 

—Prov. 14:30. 

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; 

But when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life. 

—Prov. 13 : 12. 

A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance: 

But by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken. 

—Prov. 15:13. 


A cheerful heart is a good medicine; 

But a broken spirit drieth up the bones. 

—Prov. 17:22. 


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The merciful man doeth good to his own soul; 
but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.— Prov. 
11:17. 

He that is steadfast in righteousness shall attain 
unto life: 

And he that pursueth evil doeth it to his own death. 

—Prov. 11:19. 

Casting down imaginations and every high thing 
that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and 
bringing every thought into captivity to the obedi¬ 
ence of Christ.—2 Cor. 10: 5. 

For they that are after the flesh mind the things 
of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit, the 
things of the Spirit. For the mind of the flesh is 
death; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace: 
because the mind of the flesh is enmity against 
God; and they that are in the flesh cannot please 
God. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, 
if so be that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. . . . 
And, if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of 
sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteous¬ 
ness. ... He that raised up Christ Jesus from the 
dead shall give life also to your mortal bodies 
through His Spirit that dwelleth in you.— Rom. 
8:5-11. 


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Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and 
that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any 
man destroyeth the temple of God, him shall God 
destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and such 
are ye.— 1 Cor. 3 : 16-17. 

Seeing it is God that said, Light shall shine out 
of darkness, who shined in our hearts, to give the 
light of the knowledge of the glory of God, in the 
face of Christ Jesus. 

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that 
the exceeding greatness of the power may be of 
God, and not from ourselves. We are pressed on 
every side, yet not straitened; perplexed, yet not 
unto despair; pursued, yet not forsaken; smitten 
down, yet not destroyed; always bearing about in 
the body the dying of Jesus, that the life also of 
Jesus, may be manifested in our body.— 2 Cor. 
4:6-11. 


Nay, in all these things we are more than con¬ 
querors through him that loved us. For I am 
persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, 
nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to 
come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any 
other creature, shall be able to separate us from the 
love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.— 
Rom. 8:37-39. 


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I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies 
of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, 
holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual 
service. And be not fashioned according to this 
world; but be ye transformed by the renewing of 
your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and 
acceptable and perfect will of God.— Rom. 12: 1, 2. 

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father, 
. . . that He would grant you, according to the 
riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened 
with power through his Spirit in the inward man; 
that Christ may dwell in your hearts, through 
faith; to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded 
in love, may be strong to apprehend with all the 
saints what is the breadth and length and height 
and depth, and to know the love of Christ which 
passeth knowledge, that ye may be filled unto all 
the fulness of God. 

Now unto him that is able to do exceedingly 
abundantly above all that we ask or think, accord¬ 
ing to the power that worketh in us, unto him be 
the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus unto all 
generations for ever and ever.— Eph. 3: 14-21. 

For we know that if the earthly house of our 
tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from 
God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the 

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heavens. ... Now He that wrought for us this 
very thing is God, who gave unto us the earnest of 
the Spirit. Being, therefore, always of good cour¬ 
age, and knowing that, whilst we are at home in 
the body, we are absent from the Lord (for we 
walk by faith, not by sight) we are of good cour¬ 
age, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from 
the body, and to be at home with the Lord. Where¬ 
fore also we make it our aim, whether at home or 
absent, to be well pleasing unto Him.—2 Cor. 
5: 1,9. 

Is any among you sick ? let him call for the elders 
of the church; and let them pray over him . . . 
and the prayer of faith shall save him that is 
sick. . . . The supplication of a righteous man 
availeth much in its working.— Jas. 5: 14, 16. 

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, 
whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things 
are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever 
things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good 
report: if there be any virtue, and if there be any 
praise, think on these things . . . and the God of 
peace shall be with you.— Phil. 4 : 9. 

Enduring Soul of all our life, 

In whom all beings blend, 

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Unchanging Peace ’mid storm and strife, 

Our Parent, Home, and End ,— 

Thro* thee the worlds, with all they hear, 
Their mighty courses run; 

Through thee the heavens are passing fair, 
And splendor clothes the sun. 

The tho’ts that move the heart of man 
And lift his soul on high, 

The skill that teaches him to plan 
With wondrous subtlety ,— 

These are thy thoughts, almighty Mind; 

This skill is thine, O Lord, 

Who dost by hidden influence bind 
All powers in sweet accord. 

No noble work was e’er begun 
Which came not first from heaven; 

No living deed was ever done 
Without thine impulse given. 

O fill us now, thou living Power, 

With energy divine; 

Thus shall our wills from hour to hour 
Become not ours, but thine. 

—E. Sherman Oakeey, 1888. 


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MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER 

It is a good thing to give thanks unto Jehovah, 
And to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High; 
To show forth thy loving kindness in the morning, 
And thy faithfulness every night.—Ps. 92: 1-2. 

Yet Jehovah will command his loving kindness in 
the day time; 

And in the night his song shall be with me, 

Even a prayer unto the God of my life.—Ps. 42: 8. 

Yea, I will sing aloud of thy loving kindness in the 
morning; 

For thou hast been my high tower, 

And a refuge in the day of my distress. 

—Ps. 69: 16. 


I will not give sleep to mine eyes or slumber to 
mine eyelids; 

Until I find out a place for Jehovah, 

A tabernacle for the Mighty One of Jacob. 

—Ps. 132:4-5. 


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O Jehovah, in the morning shalt thou hear my 
voice; 

In the morning will I order my prayer unto thee, 
and will keep watch.—Ps. 5:3. 

In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; 

For thou, Jehovah, alone makest me dwell in safety. 

—Ps. 4:8. 

Commune with your own heart upon your bed and 
be still.—Ps. 4: 4. 

(After Jesus had healed the man with the with¬ 
ered hand.) But they were filled with madness; 
and communed one with another what they might 
do to Jesus. And it came to pass in these days, that 
he went out into the mountain to pray; and he con¬ 
tinued all night in prayer to God.—L uke 6: 11. 

And my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips; 
When I remember thee upon my bed, 

And meditate on thee in the night watches. 

For thou hast been my help, 

And in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. 

—Ps. 63: 5-7. 

With my soul I desire thee in the night, 

With my spirit I long for thee in the morning. 

*—(From the Shorter Bible, page 417) Isaiah. 

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Woe to those who plan mischief, 

And plot evil upon their beds ! 

When morning dawns they carry it out, 

For it is in their power to do so! 

—(From the Shorter Bible, page 376) Micah. 

I will bless Jehovah who hath given me counsel; 
Yea, my heart instructeth me in the night seasons. 

—Ps. 15:7. 


Anna, a prophetess of a great age . . . departed 
not from the temple, worshipping with fastings and 
supplications, night and day.— Luke 2: 36-37. 

In nothing be anxious: but in everything by 
prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your 
requests be made unto God. And the peace of 
God which passeth all understanding, shall guard 
your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.— 
Phie. 4:6-7. 


Let pious thoughts he ours when sleep over¬ 
takes us, 

Our earliest thoughts he thine when morning 
wakes us, 

All day serve thee, in all that we are doing 
Thy praise pursuing. 

—Petrus Herbert, 1566. 




IV 


COURAGE 

For God gave us not a spirit of fearfulness: but 
of power and of love and discipline.— 2 Tim. 1: 7. 

In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid: 
What can man do unto me?—Ps. 56: 11. 

Be strong and let your heart take courage, 

All ye that hope in Jehovah.—Ps. 31: 24. 

Keep sound wisdom and discretion: 

So shall they be life unto thy soul, 

And grace to thy neck. 

Then shalt thou walk in thy way securely. 

And thy foot shall not stumble. 

When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: 
Yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be 
sweet. 

Be not afraid of sudden fear, 

Neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it 
cometh: 

For Jehovah will be thy confidence, 

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And will keep thy foot from being taken. 

—Prov. 3 : 21-27. 


The righteous shall be had in everlasting remem¬ 
brance. 

He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: 

His heart is fixed, trusting in Jehovah. 

—Ps. 112:6-7. 


For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast, 
therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of 
bondage.—GAiy. 5:1. 

My soul wait thou in silence for God only; for 
my expectation is from Him. He only is my rock 
and my salvation: He is my high tower; I shall not 
be moved. With God is my salvation and my 
glory; The rock of my strength and my refuge is 
in God. Trust in Him at all times, ye people; Pour 
out your heart before him: God is a refuge for 
us.—Ps. 62: 5-8. 


I sought Jehovah, and he answered me, And de¬ 
livered me from all my fears.—Ps. 34: 4. 

Strengthen ye the weak hands and confirm the 
feeble knees. Say to them that are of a fearful 
heart, Be strong, fear not; behold, your God will 

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come with vengeance, with the recompense of God; 
he will come and save you.— Isaiah 35 : 3-4. 

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most 
High Shall abide under the shadow of the Al¬ 
mighty. I will say of Jehovah, He is my refuge 
and my fortress; my God in whom I trust. For he 
will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and 
from the deadly pestilence. He will cover thee with 
his pinions, And under his wings shalt thou take 
refuge: His truth is a shield and a buckler. Thou 
shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, Nor for 
the arrow that flieth by day; For the pestilence that 
walketh in darkness, Nor for the destruction that 
wasteth at noonday.—Ps. 91: 1-6. 

So brutal was I and ignorant: I was as a beast 
before Thee. Nevertheless, I am continually with 
Thee; Thou hast holden my right hand. Thou wilt 
guide me with Thy counsel and afterward receive 
me to glory. Whom have I in Heaven but Thee 
and there is none upon earth that I desire besides 
Thee. My flesh and my heart faileth; but God is 
the strength of my heart and my portion forever.— 
Ps. 73:22-26. 

Finally, be strong in the Ford, and in the strength 
of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, 

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that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the 
devil. For our wrestling is not against flesh and 
blood, but against the principalities, against the 
powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, 
against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the 
heavenly places. Wherefore take up the whole 
armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in 
the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand, 
therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and 
having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and 
having shod your feet with the preparation of the 
gospel of peace; withal taking up the shield of 
faith wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the 
fiery darts of the evil one. And take the helmet of 
salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the 
word of God.— Eph. 6: 6-18. 

COME UP TO THE HELP OP THE LORD 

Rise up, 0 men of God! 

Have done with lesser things; 

Give heart and mind and soul and strength 
To serve the King of kings. 

Rise up, O men of God! 

His kingdom tarries long: 

Bring in the day of brotherhood, 

And end the night of wrong . 

Rise up, 0 men of God! 

The church for you doth wait, 

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Her strength unequal to her task: 

Rise up and make her great. 

Lift high the cross of Christ; 

Tread where his feet have trod; 

As brothers of the Son of Man 
Rise up, 0 men of God! 

—Wiliam P. Merriix, 1911. 


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V 


STEADINESS 

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, 
unmovable, always abounding in the work of the 
Lord, for as much as ye know that your labor is not 
in vain in the Lord.—1 Cor. 15:58. 

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit ye like 
men, be strong.—1 Cor. 16: 13. 

Even things without life, giving a voice, whether 
pipe or harp, if they give not a distinction in the 
sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or 
harped? For if the trumpet give an uncertain 
voice, who shall prepare himself for war? So also 
ye, unless ye utter by the tongue speech easy to be 
understood how shall it be known what is spoken ? 
For ye will be speaking into the air.— 1 Cor. 
14:7-9. 


I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor 
•hot. I would thou wert cold or hot. So, because 
thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I 
will spew thee out of my mouth.— Rev. 3:16. 

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. . . We may have a strong encouragement, who 
have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set 
before us: which we have as an anchor of the soul, 
a hope both sure and stedfast.— Heb. 6: 18-19. 

Take heed, brethren, lest haply there shall be in 
any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling 
away from the living God: but exhort one another 
day by day, so long as it is called Today; lest any 
one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin: 
for we are become partakers of Christ, if we hold 
fast the beginning of our confidence firm unto the 
end.— Heb. 3: 12-14. 


But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of 
God, who giveth all things liberally and upbraideth 
not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in 
faith, nothing doubting: for he that doubteth is like 
the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed. 
For let not that man think that he shall receive any¬ 
thing of the Lord: a double minded man, unstable 
in all his ways.— Jas. 1: 5-8. 

Be not deceived, my beloved brethren. Every 
good gift and every perfect gift is from above, 
coming down from the Father of lights, with whom 
can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by 
turning.— Jas. 1: 16, 17. 




STEADINESS 


Only let your manner of life be worthy of the 
gospel of Christ: . . . that ye stand fast in one 
spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the 
gospel.—P hiIv. 1: 21-28. 

Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to 
serve one another. . . . Humble yourselves, there¬ 
fore, under the mighty hand of God, that he may 
exalt you in due time; casting all your anxiety upon 
him, because he careth for you. Be sober, be 
watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring 
lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 
whom withstand stedfast in your faith, knowing 
that the same sufferings are accomplished in your 
brethren who are in the world. And the God of all 
grace, who called you unto His eternal glory in 
Christ, after that ye have suffered a little while, 
shall himself perfect, establish, strengthen you. 
To him be the dominion, forever and ever.— 
1 Peter 5:5-11. 

Jehovah declares: Keep the law and do what is 
right; 

For my deliverance is near at hand and my right¬ 
eousness about to be revealed. 

Happy the man who does this, the mortal who is 
loyal to it. 

—(Shorter Bible, page 423) Isaiah. 
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Jehovah will lead you continually, 

And will satisfy your soul in time of drought, 
And your strength will he renew. 

You shall be like a watered garden, 

As a fountain whose waters fail not. 

—(Shorter Bible, page 438) Isaiah. 

Howbeit, the firm foundation of God standeth 
having this seal: The Lord knoweth them that are 
his: and, let every one that nameth the name of the 
Lord depart from unrighteousness.—2 Tim. 2:19. 

Having then a great high priest, who hath passed 
thro the Heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us 
hold fast our confession. For we have not a high 
priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of 
our infirmities; but one that hath been in all points 
tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us, 
therefore, draw near with boldness unto the throne 
of grace, that we may receive mercy and may find 
grace to help us in time of need.— Heb. 4: 14-16. 

CHILDREN OF THE DAY 

f Go forth, firm faith on every heart, 

Bright hope on every helm; 

Through that shall pierce no fiery dart, 

And this no fear o’erwhelm: 

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Go in the spirit and the might 
Of Him who led the way; 

Close with the legions of the night, 

Ye children of the day!' 

So forth we go to meet the strife, 

We will not fear nor fly; 

We love the holy warrior's life, 

His death we hope to die: 

We slumber not, that charge in view ,—• 

‘ Toil on while toil ye may, 

Then night shall be no night to you, 

Ye children of the day!' 

Lord God, the high and holy One, 

Thine own sustain, defend; 

And give, though dim this earthly sun, 

Thy true light to the end; 

Till morning tread the darkness dozvn, 

And night be swept away, 

And infinite sweet triumph crown 
The children of the day! 

— Samuel J. Stone:, 1868. 


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VI 


JUDGING OTHERS 

Let us not, therefore, judge one another any¬ 
more: but judge ye this rather, that no man put a 
stumbling block in his brother’s way, or an occa¬ 
sion of falling. I know, and am persuaded in the 
Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself; save 
that to him who accounteth anything to be un¬ 
clean, to him it is unclean. For if because of meat 
thy brother is grieved, thou walkest no longer in 
love. Destroy not with thy meat him for whom 
Christ died. Let not, then, your good be evil 
spoken of: for the Kingdom of Heaven is not eat¬ 
ing and drinking, but righteousness and peace and 
joy in the Holy Spirit. For he that herein serveth 
Christ is well-pleasing to God and approved of men. 
So, then, let us follow after things that make for 
peace and things whereby we may edify one an¬ 
other.— Rom. 14: 12-19. 

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, 
and have not love, I am become sounding brass, or 
a clanging cymbal. And if I have the gift of 
prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowl- 

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edge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove moun¬ 
tains, but have not love, I am nothing. And if I 
bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give 
my body to be burned, but have not love, it profiteth 
me nothing. Love suffereth long, and is kind; love 
envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed 
up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its 
own, is not provoked, taketh no account of evil; 
rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with 
the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, 
hopeth all things, endureth all things. Love never 
faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall 
be done away: whether there be tongues, they 
shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall be 
done away. For we know in part, and we prophesy 
in part; but when that which is perfect is come, that 
which is in part shall be done away. When I was 
a child, I spake as a child, I felt as a child, I 
thought as a child; now that I have become a man, 
I have put away childish things. For now we see 
in a mirror, darkly; but then face to face: now I 
know in part; but then shall I know fully, even as 
also I was fully known. But now abideth faith, 
hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is 
love.—1 Cor. 13: 1-13. 

In righteousness shalt thou judge thy neigh¬ 
bor.— Lev. 19: 15. 




FAITH AT WORK 


Fret not thyself because of evil doers. 

—PS. 37: 1. 

Judge not that ye be not judged. For with what 
judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with 
what measure ye mete, it shall be measured unto 
you. 

And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy 
brother’s eye but considerest not the beam that is 
in thine own eye? Or, how wilt thou say to thy 
brother—Let me cast out the mote out of thine eye: 
and lo, the beam is in thine own eye ? Thou hypo¬ 
crite; cast out first the beam out of thine own eye 
and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote 
out of thy brother’s eye.—M att. 7: 1-5. 

If ye forgive men their trespasses, your Heav¬ 
enly Father will also forgive you.— Matt. 6:14. 

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain 
mercy.— Matt. 5 : 7. 

Like as a father pitieth his children so Jehovah 
pitieth them that fear Him. For he knoweth our 
frame: he remembereth that we are dust.—Ps 
103: 13. 

(When the Scribes and Pharisees brought a sin- 
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ning woman to Jesus)—trying Him that they 
might have whereof to accuse Him. But Jesus 
stooped down and with his finger wrote on the 
ground. But when they continued asking him, he 
lifted up himself and said unto them; he that is 
without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at 
her. And again he stooped down, and with his 
finger wrote on the ground. And they, when they 
heard it, went out, one by one, beginning from the 
eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, 
and the woman where she was, in the midst. And 
Jesus lifted up himself and said unto her: 

Woman, where are they? did no man condemn 
thee? And she said: No man, Lord. And Jesus 
said, Neither do I condemn thee: go thy way; from 
henceforth sin no more.— John 8:6-11. 

Wherefore thou art without excuse, O man, 
whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou 
judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou 
that judgest dost practise the same things.— 
Rom. 2:1. 


THE MIND OF CHRIST 

Lord, as to thy dear cross we flee, 
And plead to he forgiven, 

So let thy life our pattern he, 

And form our souls for heaven . 

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Help us, through good report and ill, 

Our daily cross to bear; 

Like thee, to do our Father's will, 

Our brethren's griefs to share. 

Let grace our selfishness expel, 

Our earthliness refine; 

And kindness in our bosoms dwell, 

As free and true as thine. 

Should friends misjudge, or foes defame, 

Or brethren faithless prove, 

Then, like thine own, be all our aim 
To conquer them by love. 

Kept peaceful in the midst of strife, 

Forgiving and forgiven, 

O may we lead the pilgrim's life, 

And follow thee to heaven. 

—John H. Gurney, 1838. 

I like to believe that with anointed eyes we shall 
see all the perplexities of our differing beliefs 
blended into a perfect and comprehensible har¬ 
mony : and, whatever else any of us must alter or 
drop in the light of perfect Truth, our love for each 
other will stand unchanged and be the tie which 
unites the new life and the old.—E. H. Packard. 

God of charity, help me to remember how hard it 
is always to be at one’s best, and to champion and to 

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have faith in those severely criticized. May I show 
patience, sympathy, understanding, to others, as I 
would long to receive that kind of standing-by 
when below the standard that I would set for my¬ 
self—A non. 


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VII 


SOME ATTRIBUTES OF GOD 

. . . His name shall be called Wonderful, Coun¬ 
sellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of 
Peace.— Isa. 9: 6. 

Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of 
the world: he that followeth me . . . shall have the 
light of life.—J ohn 8: 12. 

Jesus said unto them; I am the bread of life: he 
that cometh to me shall not hunger and he that be- 
lieveth on me shall never thirst.— John 6:35. 

Jesus saith unto him: I am the way, and the 
truth, and the life. No one cometh unto the Father 
but by me.— John 14: 6. 

Jehovah is my light and my salvation. 

Jehovah is the strength of my life, 

Of whom shall I be afraid?—Ps. 27: 1. 

Jehovah is thy keeper. Jehovah is thy shade. 

—Ps. 121: 5. 


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A father of the fatherless.—Ps. 68:5. 

Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my 
deliverer . . . 

My shield, . . . my high tower.—Ps. 18:1. 

Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit 
of the Lord is, there is liberty.—2 Cor. 3:17. 

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must 
worship in spirit and truth.— John 4: 24. 

Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of 
persons; but in every nation, he that feareth him, 
and worketh righteousness, is acceptable to him.— 
Acts 10:34. 

For God is not a god of confusion, but of peace. 

—1 Cor. 14:33. 

He that loveth not, knoweth not God; for God 
is love.—1 John 4: 8. 

The Lord is my shepherd.—Ps. 23. 

Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time 
with you and dost thou not know me, Philip? He 
that hath seen me hath seen the Father; how sayest 
thou, Show us the Father ? Believest thou not that 
I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The 

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words that I say unto you I speak not from myself: 
but the Father abiding in me doeth his works. Be¬ 
lieve me that I am in the Father and the Father in 
me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.— 
John 14:9-11. 

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husband¬ 
man. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, 
he taketh it away: and every branch that beareth 
fruit, He cleanseth it, that it may bear more fruit. 
Already ye are clean because of the word which I 
have spoken unto you. Abide in me, and I in you. 
As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it 
abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide 
in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that 
abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much 
fruit; for apart from me ye can do nothing. 

If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a 
branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and 
cast them into the fire, and they are burned. If ye 
abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask what¬ 
soever ye will, and it shall be done unto you. . . . 
Even as the Father hath loved me, I also have loved 
you: abide ye in my love.— John 15: 1-10. 

Many a young man would give his life for 
Truth, Love, Light, Honor, Justice. These quali¬ 
ties rule his life and inspire his work. Yet he does 

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not name the sum of these attributes what they 
are— God.—G. Me)rk£n. 

Am I not a god near by and not a god far off ? 
Can anyone hide himself in secret places and I not 
see him ? 

Do not I fill both heaven and earth? Jehovah 
declares. 

—(Shorter Bible, page 397) JkrEmiah. 

“ GOD THROUGH ADD, AND IN YOU ADD ** 

God of the earth, the sky, the sea, 

Maker of all above, below, 

Creation lives and moves in thee, 

Thy present life through all doth flow. 

Thy love is in the sunshine’s glow. 

Thy life is in the quickening air; 

When lightnings flash and storm-winds blow, 
There is thy power; thy law is there. 

We feel thy calm at evening’s hour, 

Thy grandeur in the march of night; 

And, when the morning breaks in power, 

We hear thy word, e Let there be light!’ 

But higher far, and far more clear, 

Thee in man’s spirit we behold: 

Thine image and thyself are there, 

The indwelling God, proclaimed of old. 

—Samuex Bongrexdow, 1864. 

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VIII 


WORK 

In all labor there is profit: but mere talk tends 
only to penury.—(Shorter Bible) Prov. 14: 23. 

Give diligence to present thyself approved unto 
God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed.— 
2 Tim. 2:15. 

He who tilleth his land shall have plenty of 
bread; But he that followeth after vain persons 
shall have poverty enough.— Prov. 28: 19. 

For God will bring every work into judgment, 
with every hidden thing, whether it be good, or 
whether it be evil.—Ecau 12: 14. 

But we exhort you, brethren, that ye abound 
more and more; and that ye study to be quiet, and 
to do your own business, and to work with your 
hands even as we charged you; that ye may walk 
becomingly toward them that are without, and may 
have need of nothing.—1 Thess. 4: 10-12. 

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WORK 


If any will not work, neither let them eat. For 
we hear of some that walk among you disorderly, 
that work not at all, but are busy-bodies. Now 
them that are such we command and exhort in the 
Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, 
and eat their own bread. But ye, brethren, be not 
weary in well doing. And if any man obeyeth not 
our word, have no company with him, to the end 
that he may be ashamed. And yet count him not 
as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.— 
2 Thess. 3:10-15. 

Say not ye, There are yet four months and then 
cometh the harvest? Behold, I say unto you, Lift 
up your eyes, and look on the fields, that they are 
white already unto harvest. He that reapeth re- 
ceiveth wages and gathereth fruit unto life eternal; 
that he that soweth and he that reapeth may re¬ 
joice together. For herein is the saying true, One 
soweth and another reapeth. I sent you to reap 
that whereon ye have not labored: others have 
labored and ye are entered into their labor.— John 
4:35-38. 


The man went away, and told the Jews that it 
was Jesus who had made him whole. And for this 
cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did 
these things on the Sabbath. But Jesus answered 

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them, My Father worketh even until now, and I 
work.— John 5: 15-17. 

Whether, therefore, ye eat, or drink, or whatso¬ 
ever ye do, do all to the glory of God.—1 Cor. 
10:31. 

What does it profit, my brethren, if a man say 
he hath faith, but have not works? can that faith 
save him? If a brother or sister be naked and in 
lack of daily food, and one of you say unto them, 
Go in peace, be ye warmed and filled: and yet ye 
give them not the things needful to the body; what 
does it profit? Even so faith, if it have not works, 
is dead in itself. Yea, a man will say, Thou hast 
faith, and I have works: show me thy faith apart 
from thy works, and I by my works will show thee 
my faith.— Jas. 2: 14-18. 

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ 
Jesus for good works.— Eph. 2: 10. 

For other foundation can no man lay than that 
which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. But if any 
man buildeth on the foundation gold, silver, costly 
stones, wood, hay, stubble: each man’s work shall 
be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, 
because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself shall 

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WORK 


prove each man’s work of what sort it is. If any 
man’s work shall abide which he built thereon, he 
shall receive a reward.—1 Cor. 3: 11-14. 

The lazy man is wiser in his own opinion 
Than seven who can answer intelligently. 

The way of the lazy is hedged in with thorns, 

But the path of the diligent is a well built highway. 
Slack management brings only poverty, 

But efficiency makes a man rich. . . . 

He who gathers in summer acts sensibly. 

He who sleeps in harvest behaves disgracefully. 

►—(Shorter Bible, page 543) Proverbs. 

If you see a man skilled in his business 
He shall stand in the presence of kings. 

And not in the presence of obscure men. 

Set in order your work without. 

Prepare for your work in the field: 

And, after that, build your house. 

—(Shorter Bible, page 544) Proverbs. 

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in 
due season we shall reap if we faint not. So 
then, as we have opportunity, let us work that 
which is good toward all men, and especially toward 
them that are of the household of the faith.— Gae. 
6:9-10. 


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If from your midst you remove the yoke, 

The finger of scorn and malicious speech. 

And bestow your bread on the hungry. 

And satisfy the soul that is afflicted. 

Then your light shall be as noonday, 

Jehovah will lead you continually. 

—(Shorter Bible, page 438) Isaiah. 


Trust in the Lord and do right, 

Live in the land and act with fidelity . . . 
Commit your way unto the Lord, 

Trust in him, and he will work with you. 

—(Shorter Bible, page 517) Psalms. 

A man’s steps are directed by the Lord, 

He establishes him of whose acts he approves, 

For should he fail, he shall not go headlong, 

For the Lord will hold him by the hand. 

—(Shorter Bible, page 518) Psalms. 

Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy 
laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon 
you and learn of me: for I am meek and lowly in 
heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For 
my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.— Matt. 
11:28-30. 


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nkw diee with the: ne:w day 

New every morning is the love 
Our wakening and uprising prove ,— 

Thro’ sleep and darkness safely brought, 
Restored to life, and power, and thought. 

New mercies, each returning day, 

Hover around us while we pray ,— 

New perils past, nezv sins forgiven, 

New thoughts of God, new hopes of heaven. 

If on our daily course our mind 
Be set to hallow all we find, 

New treasures still, of countless price, 

God will provide for sacrifice. 

Old friends, old scenes will lovelier be, 

As more of heaven in each we see; 

Some softening gleam of love and prayer 
Shall dawn on every cross and care. 

The trivial round, the common task, 

Will furnish all we ought to ask ,— 

Room to deny ourselves, a road 
To bring us daily nearer God. 

Only, 0 Lord, in thy dear love, 

Fit us for perfect rest above, 

And help us, this and every day, 

To live more nearly as we pray. 

—John KebtE, 1822. 

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IX 


SIMPLE -LIFE 

. . . For I have learned, in whatsoever state I 
am, therein to be content. I know how to be 
abased, and I know also how to abound: in every¬ 
thing and in all things have I learned the secret 
both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound 
and to be in want. I can do all things in Him that 
strengtheneth me. —Phii,. 4: 11-13. 

. . . Godliness with contentment is great gain: 
for we brought nothing into the world, for neither 
can we carry anything out: but having food and 
covering we shall be therewith content. But they 
that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation 
and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, 
such as drown men in destruction and perdition. 
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: 
which some reaching after have been led astray 
from the faith, and have pierced themselves 
through with many sorrows.—1 Tim. 6: 6-10. 

Charge them that are rich in this present world, 
that they be not high-minded, nor have their hope 

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set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who 
giveth us all things richly to enjoy; that they do 
good, that they be rich in good works, that they be 
ready to distribute, willing to communicate; laying 
up in store for themselves a good foundation 
against the time to come, that they may lay hold on 
the life which is life indeed.—1 Tim. 6: 17-19. 

And Jesus said unto his disciples, Verily I say 
unto you, It is hard for a rich man to enter into 
the Kingdom of Heaven. And again I say unto 
you, It is easier for a camel to go through a 
needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the 
Kingdom of God. And when the disciples heard 
it, they were astonished exceedingly, saying, Who, 
then, can be saved? And Jesus, looking upon 
them, said to them, With men this is impossible; 
but with God all things are possible.— Matt. 
19:23-26. 

And he that was sown among the thorns, this is 
he that heareth the word; and the care of the world, 
and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and 
he becometh unfruitful.— Matt. 13 : 22. 

Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, 
Than he that is perverse in his ways, though he 
be rich. 


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Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son; 

But he that is a companion of gluttons shameth his 
father. 

He that augmenteth his substance by interest and 
increase, 

Gathereth it for him that hath pity on the poor. 

—Prov. 28: 6-8. 


These twelve Jesus sent forth and charged them, 
saying, ... As ye go, preach, saying, The king¬ 
dom of Heaven is at hand. . . . Get you no gold, 
nor silver, nor brass in your purses; no wallet for 
your journey, neither two coats, nor shoes, nor 
staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food.— 
Matt. 10:7-11. 

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent be¬ 
guiled Eve in his craftiness, your minds should be 
corrupted from the simplicity and the purity that 
is toward Christ—2 Cor. 11:3. 

Better is little, with the fear of Jehovah, 

Than great treasure and trouble therewith. 

Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is 
Than a stalled ox, and hatred therewith. 

—Prov. 15: 16-17. 


Enter ye in by the narrow gate: for wide is the 
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gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruc¬ 
tion, and many are they that enter in thereby. For 
narrow is the gate, and straitened the way, that 
leadeth unto life, and few are they that find it.— 
Matt. 7:13-14. 

But know this, that in the last days grievous 
times shall come. For men shall be lovers of self, 
lovers of money, boastful, haughty, railers, dis¬ 
obedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without 
natural affection, implacable, slanderers, without 
self control, fierce, no lovers of good, traitors, head¬ 
strong, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than 
lovers of God; holding a form of godliness, but 
having denied the power thereof: from these also 
turn away.—2 Tim. 3 : 1-5. 

Love not the world, neither the things that are 
in the world. If any man love the world, the love 
of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the 
world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, 
and the vainglory of life, is not of the Father, but 
is of the world. And the world passeth away, and 
the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God 
abideth for ever.— 1 John 2:15-17. 

Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, is 
like the beasts that perish.—Ps. 49: 20. 




FAITH AT WORK 


But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, 
longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 
meekness, self-control: against such there is no law. 
And they that are of Christ Jesus have crucified the 
flesh with the passions and the lust thereof.— Gal. 
5:22-24. 


Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the 
waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy 
and eat; yea come, buy wine and milk without 
money and without price. Wherefore do ye spend 
money for that which is not bread ? and your labor 
for that which satisfieth not?— Isaiah 55 : 1, 2. 

And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, 
and the birds of the heaven have nests; but the Son 
of man hath not where to lay his head.—M att. 
8 : 20 . 


FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH 
Meek and lowly were his ways; 
From his loving grew his praise, 
From his giving, prayer; 

All the outcasts thronged to hear, 

All the sorrowful drew near 
To enjoy his care. 

When he walked the fields, he drew 
From the flowers and birds and dew, 
Parables of God; 

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For within his heart of love 
All the soul of man did move, 

God had his abode . 

Fill us, Lord, with thy desire, 

All the sinful to inspire 
With the Father's life; 

Free us from the cares that press 
On the heart of worldliness, 

From the fret and strife. 

Lord, be ours thy power to keep 
In the very heart of grief, 

And in trial, love; 

In our meekness to be wise, 

And through sorrow to arise 
To our God above. 

—Stoppord A. Brooke:, 1881. 


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LIVING WITH OTHERS 

For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only 
use not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, 
but through love, be servants, one to another. For 
the whole law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: 
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. But if ye 
bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be 
not consumed, one of another.— Gal. 5 : 13-15. 

God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth 
in God, and God abideth in him. . . . There is no 
fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, be¬ 
cause fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is 
not made perfect in love. We love, because he first 
loved us. If a man say, I love God, and hateth his 
brother, he is a liar; for he that loveth not his 
brother whom he hath seen, cannot love God whom 
he hath not seen.—1 John 4: 16-20. 

There are six things which Jehovah hateth; 

Yea, seven which are an abomination to him: 

Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, 

And hands that shed innocent blood; 

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A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, 

Feet that are swift in running to mischief, 

A false witness that uttereth lies, 

And he that soweth discord among brethren. 

—Prov. 6: 16-19. 

If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also 
walk. Let us not become vainglorious, provoking 
one another, envying one another. 

Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any 
trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one 
in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest 
thou also be tempted. Bear ye one another’s bur¬ 
dens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.—G ae. 
5:25-26; Gae. 6: 1-2. 


And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of 
God, and into the patience of Christ.—2 Thess. 
3:5. 

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty ; 
And he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a 
city.— Prov. 16:32. 

And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the dis¬ 
orderly, encourage the faint-hearted, support the 
weak, be longsuffering toward all. See that none 
render unto any one evil for evil; but always fol- 

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low after that which is good, one toward another 
and toward all.— 1 Thess. 5 : 14-15. 

Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye 
truth each one with his neighbor: for we are mem¬ 
bers one of another. Be ye angry, and sin not: let 
not the sun go down upon your wrath. . . . Let all 
bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and 
railing, be put away from you, with all malice; and 
be ye kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving 
each other, even as God also in Christ forgave you. 
—Eph. 4:25, 26, 31, 32. 

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that 
which is evil; cleave to that which is good. In love 
of the brethren be tenderly affectioned, one to an¬ 
other; in honor preferring one another; in diligence 
not slothful; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; re¬ 
joicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing 
stedfastly in prayer; communicating to the necessi¬ 
ties of the saints; given to hospitality. Bless them 
that persecute you; bless, and curse not. Rejoice 
with them that rejoice; weep with them that weep. 
Be of the same mind one toward another. Set not 
your mind on high things, but condescend to things 
that are lowly. Be not wise in your own conceits. 
Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for 
things honorable in the sight of all men. If it be 

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possible, as much as in you lieth, be at peace with 
all men. Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give 
place unto the wrath of God: for it is written, 
Vengeance belongeth unto me; I will recompense, 
saith the Lord. But if thine enemy hunger, feed 
him; if he thirst, give him to drink: for in so doing 
thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head. Be not 
overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.— 
Rom. 12:9-21. 

Now we that are strong ought to bear the in¬ 
firmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 
Let each one of us please his neighbor for that 
which is good, unto edifying. For Christ also 
pleased not himself.— Rom. 15: 1-3. 

As one that taketh off a garment in cold weather, 
and as vinegar upon soda, So is he that singeth 
songs to a heavy heart.— Prov. 25:20. 

... Be ye therefore of sound mind, and be 
sober unto prayer: above all things being fervent in 
your love among yourselves; for love covereth a 
multitude of sins: using hospitality one to another 
without murmuring.—1 Pet^r 4:7-9. 

If any man thinketh himself to be religious, while 
he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, 

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this man’s religion is vain. Pure religion and un¬ 
defiled before our God and Father is this, to visit 
the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to 
keep oneself unspotted from the world.— Jas. 
1:26, 27. 

Let love of the brethren continue. Forget not to 
show love unto strangers: for thereby some have 
entertained angels unaware.— Heb. 13: 1, 2. 

Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, 
When it is in the power of thy hand to do it. 

Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again, 
And tomorrow I will give; when thou hast it by 
thee. 

Devise not evil against thy neighbor, 

Seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. 

Strive not with a man without cause, 

If he have done thee no harm.—P roverbs 3: 27-30. 

A brother offended is harder to be won than a 
strong city; 

And such contentions are like the bars of a castle. 

—Prov. 18:19. 

A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; 

And a whisperer separateth chief friends. 

—Prov. 16:28. 


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Better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith, 
Than a house full of feasting with strife. 

—Prov. 17:1. 

It is better to dwell in the corner of a housetop 
Than with a brawling woman in a broad house. 

—Prov. 21:9. 

Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbor’s house, 

Let he be weary of thee and hate thee. 

—Prov. 25: 17. 

Behold how good and how pleasant it is 
For brethren to dwell together in unity! 

—Ps. 133 :1. 


He who brings trouble to his home shall inherit 
the wind, 

And he who is foolish shall become slave to the 
wise.—(Shorter Bible, page 536) ProvKrbs. 

As iron sharpens iron, 

So a man the face of his friend. 

As in water face answers to face, 

So the heart of man to man. 

Every heart knows its own sorrow, 

And no other shares its joy. 

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Even in laughter the heart may be sad, 

And the end of joy may be sorrow. 

Many a man proclaims his own kindness. 

—(Shorter Bible, page 533) Proverbs. 

one eeock, one shepherd 

O Son of God, zvhose love so free 
For men did make thee man to he, 

United to our God in thee 
May we be one! 

Join high with low, join young with old, 

In love that never waxes cold; 

Under one Shepherd, in one fold, 

Make us all one! 

O Spirit blest, who from above 
Cam’st gently gliding like a dove, 

Calm all our strife, give faith and love; 

0 make us one! 

So, when the world shall pass away, 

We shall awake with joy and say,— 

Now in the bliss of endless day 
We all are one. 

—Christopher Wordsworth, 1871. 


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WISDOM 

It is evident that man never attains to a true self 
knowledge until after he has contemplated the face 
of God, and come down after such contemplation 
to look into himself.— Calvin. 

Christianity is not a theory, or a speculation, but 
a life. Not a philosophy of life, but life, and a 
living process.— Coleridge. 

My wish is this: to make the aged happy, to show 
sincerity toward friends and to treat young people 
with tenderness and sympathy.— Confucius. 

If men so much admire philosophers because they 
discover a small part of the wisdom that made all 
things, they must be stark blind not to admire that 
wisdom itself.— Fenelon. 

God does not deceive you; he is deceived who 
trusts too much to himself. God walks with the 
simple, reveals himself to the humble, gives under¬ 
standing to the feeble, opens his meaning to pure 

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minds, and hides his grace from the inquisitive and 
proud.— Thomas a Kempis. 

It is a blessed soul which hears the Lord speaking 
to it, and receives the word of consolation from His 
lips.— Thomas a Kempis. 

For everything that is loved enters with light 
into the ideas of the mind: and this is eminently the 
case, when that which is loved is truth: for all truth 
dwells in light.— Swedenborg. 

One’s own heart is the place the most free from 
crowd and noise in the world if only one’s thoughts 
are serene and the mind well ordered. . . . Do not 
forget to retire to this solitude of yours: let there 
be no straining or struggling in the matter, but 
move at ease.— Marcus Aureeius. 

Nothing could be more absurd than a command 
that everyone should make himself happy, for one 
never commands anyone to do what he inevitably 
wishes to do.— Kant. 

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger 
men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. 
Pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the 
doing of your work shall be no miracle. But you 

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shall be a miracle. Every day you shall wonder at 
yourself, at the richness of life which has come to 
you by the grace of God.— Philips Brooks. 

How large a part of our Godward life is trav¬ 
elled, not by clear landmarks seen far off in the 
promised land, but as travellers climb a mountain 
peak, by putting footstep after footstep, slowly 
and patiently, into the prints which someone 
going before us, with keener sight, with stronger 
nerves, tied to us by the cord of saintly sym¬ 
pathy, has planted deep into the pathless snow of 
the bleak distance that stretches up between hu¬ 
manity and God. ... So we ascend by one an¬ 
other. We live by one another’s blessings.— 
Philips Brooks. 

As one familiar with the sonatas and the sym¬ 
phonies of Beethoven, while passing along the 
street in summer, gets, from out of the open win¬ 
dow, a snatch of a song or a piece that is being 
played, catching a strain here and another there— 
and says to himself, “ Ah, that is Beethoven. I 
recognize that: it is from such and such a move¬ 
ment of the Pastoral,” or whatever it may be;—so 
men in life catch strains of God in the mother’s 
disinterested and self-denying love, in the lover’s 
glow, in the little child’s innocent affections. Where 

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did this thing come from? No plant ever brought 
out such fruit as this.— Henry Ward Beecher. 

The common problem, yours, mine, everyone’s, 

Is not to fancy what were fair in life 
Provided it could be—but finding first 

What may be, then find how to make it fair 
Up to our means, a very different thing. 

—Robert Browning. 

Do not dare to be so absorbed in your own life, 
so wrapped up in listening to the sound of your 
own hurrying wheels, that all this vast pathetic 
music, made up of the mingled joy and sorrow of 
your fellow-men, shall not find out your heart and 
claim it and make you rejoice to give yourself for 
them. ... Be sure that ambition and charity will 
both grow mean unless they are both inspired and 
exalted by religion. Energy, love, and faith,— 
these make the perfect man.— Phielips Brooks. 

First, when I feel that I am become cold and in¬ 
disposed to prayer, by reason of other business and 
thoughts, I take my psalter and run into my cham¬ 
ber, or, if day and season serve, into the church to 
the multitude, and begin to repeat to myself—just 
as children used—the ten commandments, the creed, 
and, according as I have time, some sayings of 

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Christ or of Paul, or some Psalms. Therefore it 
is well to let prayer be the first employment in the 
early morning, and the last in the evening. Avoid 
diligently those false and deceptive thoughts which 
say, Wait a little, I will pray an hour hence; I must 
first perform this or that. For with such thoughts 
a man quits prayer for business that lays hold of 
and entangles him, so that he comes not to pray the 
whole day long.— Martin Luther. 

Give us, O give us the man who sings at his 
work. Be his occupation what it may, he is equal 
to any of those who follow the same pursuit in 
silent sullenness. He will do more in the same time 
—he will do it better—he will persevere longer. 
One is scarcely sensible of fatigue while he marches 
to music. The very stars are said to make har¬ 
mony as they revolve in their spheres. Wondrous 
is the strength of cheerfulness, although past cal¬ 
culation its power of endurance. Efforts to be 
permanently useful, must be uniformly joyous—a 
spirit all sunshine, graceful from very gladness, 
beautiful because bright.— Thomas Carlyle. 

There is one topic peremptorily forbidden to all 
well-bred, to all rational mortals, namely, their dis¬ 
tempers. If you have not slept or if you have 
slept, or if you have headache, or sciatica, or lep- 

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rosy or thunder stroke, I beseech you, by all angels, 
to hold your peace, and not pollute the morning, 
to which all the housemates bring serene and pleas¬ 
ant thoughts, by corruption and groans.— Ralph 
Waldo Emerson. 

There are those who want to get away from all 
their past; who, if they could, would fain begin all 
over again. Their life seems one long failure. But 
you must learn, you must let God teach you, that 
the only way to get rid of your past is to get a 
future out of it.— Philips Brooks. 

We are haunted by an ideal life, and it is be¬ 
cause we have within us the beginning and the 
possibility of it. God is our continual incitement 
because we are His children. So the ideal life is in 
our blood and never will be still. We feel the thing 
we ought to be beating beneath the thing we are. 
Every time we see a man who has attained our 
ideal a little more fully than we have it wakens our 
languid blood and fills us with new longings.— 
Phillips Brooks. 

The longer on this earth we live 

And weigh the various qualities of men 

The more we feel the high, stem-featured beauty 

Of plain devotedness to duty, 

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Steadfast and, still, nor paid with mortal praise, 

But finding amplest recompense 

For life’s ungarlanded expense 

In work done squarely and unwasted days. 

—James Russeee Towele. 

I think the sweetest thought, the very central 
idea, of the revelation of the character of God to 
me, is this: that He does everything out of His 
supreme will. There is no one thing that I can say 
with more heartiness, or that has in it more echoes 
of joy, than “ Thy will be done.” If anything 
works righteousness in me or in you, it is God. 
The nature of God is fruitful in generosity. He is 
so good that He loves to do good, and loves to 
make men good, and loves to make them happy by 
making them good. He loves to be patient with 
them, and to wait for them, and to pour benevo¬ 
lence upon them, because that is His nature.— 
Henry Ward Beecher. 

Begin the morning by saying to thyself, I shall 
meet this day with the busybody, the ungrateful, 
the arrogant, deceitful, envious, unsocial. All 
these things happen to them by reason of their 
ignorance of what is good and evil. But I who 
have seen the nature of the good that it is beau¬ 
tiful, and of the bad that it is ugly, can neither 

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be inspired by any of them—for no one can fix 
on me what is ugly—nor can I be angry with 
my neighbor, nor hate him. We are made for 
co-operation; to act against one another, that is 
contrary to nature; and it is acting against one 
another to be vexed and turn away.— Marcus 
Aurelius. 

It is not to taste sweet things, but to do noble 
and true things, and vindicate himself under God’s 
heaven, as a God-made man, that the poorest son 
of Adam dimly longs. This dim longing for what 
is noble and true, the still small voice which calls to 
one imperatively in moments of temptation, is the 
safeguard which, if hearkened to, not only protects 
one in severe trials of manliness and womanliness, 
but also incites to the formation of a fine character, 
without which all acquisitions, all graces and ac¬ 
complishments, all talents and all learning, are but 
as sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal.— Thomas 
CaruyuE. 

The real Christian plunges into hardest places to 
work, bravely faces actual conditions, and does not 
live in the clouds until Time lifts his feet from the 
earth. 

Whenever we put Christ’s teachings into prac¬ 
tise, they work with power. We can trust Him to 

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reveal further paths if we put our feet on those 
already clearly shown. 

When we are guests in the houses of friends, we 
do not see the one who puts hot water bottles in our 
beds on a cold night, or leaves flowers for us where 
we may enjoy them. But the fact that they are 
there makes us know that someone is looking out 
for our welfare and our pleasure. How about the 
warmth of the sun, the food provided, the flowers, 
the skies, the entire beauty of nature? 

We know that physical life is a fight, is full of 
mystery, is full of revelations, from day to day. 
Why are we surprised at the same conditions in 
our spiritual life? 

I certainly am a complicated Christian. I believe 
with the Friends that I must wait for the Spirit to 
lead me as I listen to my conscience. I am a Roman 
Catholic in many moods, for stability and symbol¬ 
ism mean much in life’s confusion, and I believe in 
confessing my sins and in retreats for spiritual re¬ 
freshment. I am a Puritan when facing actual dis¬ 
cipline of mind, and in realizing that children must 
early meet training that will fit them to stand firm 
for truth and right, without wobbling or a silly 
sense of false optimism. I am a Swedenborgian 
in delight in spiritual significance of common 
things. And yet, I attend a Congregational Church 
and love it, too.— Anon. 

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XII 




NINE REASONS GIVEN BY THEODORE 
ROOSEVELT FOR GOING TO CHURCH 

I. In this actual world, a churchless community, 
a community where men have abandoned and 
scoffed at or ignored their religious needs, is a 
community on the rapid down grade. 

II. Church work and church attendance mean 
the cultivation of the habit of feeling some re¬ 
sponsibility for others. 

III. There are enough holidays for most of us. 
Sundays differ from other holidays in the fact that 
there are fifty-two of them every year. Therefore 
on Sundays go to church. 

IV. Yes, I know all the excuses. I know that 
one can worship the Creator in a grove of trees, or 
by a running brook, or in a man’s own house just 
as well as in church. But I also know as a matter 
of cold fact the average man does not thus worship. 

V. He may not hear a good sermon at church. 
He will hear a sermon by a good man who, with 
his good wife, is engaged all the week in making 
hard lives a little easier. 

VI. He will listen to and take part in reading 

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some beautiful passages from the Bible. And if 
he is not familiar With the Bible, he has suffered 
a loss. 

VII. He will take part in singing some good 
hymns. 

VIII. He will meet and nod or speak to good, 
quiet neighbors. He will come away feeling a 
little more charitably toward all the world, even 
toward those excessively foolish young men who 
regard church-going as a soft performance. 

IX. I advocate a man’s joining in church work 
for the sake of showing his faith by his work. 

—Theodors Roosevelt. 


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HOME IDEALS 

May it never be used for conventional or showy 
entertainment, but ever be a refuge of those who 
long for a restful, cheerful haven, where music and 
flowers and quiet companionship, without ostenta¬ 
tion and forced gaiety, are to be found, and where 
time may be had to think and to talk of the para¬ 
mount issues of the day. 

There children may play and be inspired to 
think of the finer things of life and enjoy the 
wholesome pleasures which lead to the right ideas 
of entertainment; and also work with encourage¬ 
ment, so that the atmosphere of the House may 
be one of rejoicing and of progress in Idealism 
and Christianity.— Hexen Sherman Pratt. 


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XIV 


PRAYERS 

God of charity, help me to see the best side of 
every person with whom I come in contact. Ret 
me realize how bravely many of them go on in 
spite of difficulties of which the world is unaware. 
Let me help them with understanding and sym¬ 
pathy and refuse to listen to slander.— Anon. 

O God, who art the author of peace and lover of 
concord, in knowledge of whom standeth our eter¬ 
nal life, whose service is perfect freedom; Defend 
us, thy humble servants, in all assaults of our ene¬ 
mies; that we, surely trusting in thy defence, may 
not fear the power of any adversaries, through the 
might of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.— Book of 
Common Prayer. 

Almighty God, I pray that I may always behold 
the light upon the hills. Even when I am walking 
in the valley may there be a reflected light from the 
heights! Thy righteousness is like the great moun¬ 
tains ; help me to find strength in the gracious con¬ 
victions and not be afraid.— JowETT. 

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Give me grace, O my Father, that I may perse¬ 
vere in the work to which Thou hast called me, not 
leaving it half-done, nor giving up when the first 
enthusiasm has faded, and when other interests 
arise to attract.—F. B. Meyer. 

A PRAYER EOR UNITY 

O God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, our 
only Saviour, the Prince of Peace; Give us grace 
seriously to lay to heart the great dangers we are in 
by our unhappy divisions. Take away all hatred 
and prejudice, and whatsoever else may hinder us 
from godly Union and Concord: that, as there is 
but one Body, and one Spirit, and one Hope of our 
Calling, one Lord, one Faith, one Baptism, one God 
and Father of us all, so we may henceforth be all 
of one heart, and of one soul, united in one holy 
bond of Truth and Peace, of Faith and Charity, 
and may with one mind and one mouth glorify 
thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.— 
Book op Common Prayer. 

Almighty God, I pray for all struggling people 
who are depressed in their impotence. Give them 
a faith which will make them partners with Thee. 
Let them lift their eyes upon their wonderful re¬ 
sources in Christ, and may they become more than 
conquerors through Him who loves them! Teach 

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us to believe that we Can do all things through 
Christ who strengtheneth us.—JowETT. 

Holy Spirit, help me to rejoice in Thee. Let me 
not move as a slave, but as one of the family of 
God. Take away from me all unworthy fear, and 
fill me with a holy boldness.—JowETT. 

Deliver me, O my Lord and Master, from self- 
confidence, self-centredness, and self-consciousness. 
Be Thou my confidence, and the centre of my 
activities; and may I always be more conscious of 
Thy presence than of the presence or absence of 
others.—F. B. Meyer. 

Heavenly Father, I pray that Thou wouldst en¬ 
rich the circle of my sympathies. Wilt Thou 
graciously widen and deepen it ? Let me know that 
I am growing in grace by the receding horizon, by 
the growing dominion of my heart. Let me behold 
the land that is very far off.—JowETT. 

If this day I should get lost amid the perplexities 
of life and the rush of many duties, do Thou search 
me out, gracious Lord, and bring me back into the 
quiet of Thy presence.— F. B. Meyer. 

O that this mind may be in us all, which was in 

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the Lord Jesus, that we may love as Brethren, be 
Pitiful and Courteous, and endeavor heartily and 
vigorously to keep the unity of the Spirit in the 
Bond of Peace, and the God of Grace, Mercy, and 
Peace be with us all. Amen.— Thomas a Kempis. 

O Lord, renew our spirits and draw our hearts 
unto Thyself that our work may not be to us a 
burden, but a delight; and give us such a mighty 
love to Thee as may sweeten all obedience. Oh, 
let us not serve Thee with the spirit of bondage as 
slaves, but with the cheerfulness and gladness of 
children.— Benjamin Jenks. 

O Lord, Thou knowest what is best for us, let 
this or that be done, as Thou shalt please. Give 
what Thou wilt, and how much Thou wilt, and 
when Thou wilt. . . . Behold, I am Thy servant, 
prepared for all things; for I desire not to live unto 
myself, but unto Thee.— Thomas a Kempis. 

Grant that we may now, this present day, seeing 
it is as good as nothing that we have done hitherto, 
perfectly begin to walk before Thee, as becometh 
those that are called to an inheritance of light in 
Christ.— George Hickes. 

O Thou, who art the true Sun of the world, ever 

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rising, and never going down, ... we beseech 
Thee mercifully to shine into our hearts, that the 
night and darkness of sin, and the mists of error on 
every side, being driven away by the brightness of 
Thy shining within our hearts, we may all our lives 
walk without stumbling, as in the day time, and, 
being pure and clean from the works of darkness, 
may abound in all good works which Thou hast 
prepared for us to walk in.— Erasmus. 

O Eternal God, sanctify my body and soul, my 
thoughts and my intentions, my words and actions, 
and whatsoever I shall think, or speak, or do, may 
be by me designed for the glorification of Thy 
Name, and by Thy blessing, it may be effective and 
successful in the work of God. . . . and let no 
pride or self-seeking, no covetousness or revenge, 
no little ends and low imaginations, pollute my 
spirit, and unhallow any of my words and actions; 
but let my body be a servant of my spirit, and 
both body and spirit servants of Jesus.— Jeremy 
Taylor. 

O Thou, who art the Eight of the minds that 
know Thee, the Life of the souls that love Thee, 
and the Strength of the thoughts that seek Thee; 
help us so to know Thee, that we may truly love 
Thee, so to love Thee that we may fully serve Thee, 

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whose service is perfect freedom; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen.— Geeasian Sacra¬ 
mentary, a. d. 494 . 

Dig out of us, O Lord, the venomous roots of 
covetousness; or else so repress them with Thy 
grace, that we may be contented with Thy pro¬ 
vision of necessaries, and not to labor, as we do, 
with all toil, sleight, guile, wrong, and oppression, 
to pamper ourselves with vain superfluities. Give 
us grace continually to read, hear, and meditate on 
Thy purposes, judgments, promises, and precepts, 
not to the end we may curiously argue thereof, or 
arrogantly presume thereupon, but to frame our 
lives according to Thy will.— Archbishop Grin- 
DAIy, 1519 . 

We pray for our land. . . . Raise up nobler 
men—men that shall scorn bribes; men that shall 
not run greedily to ambition; men that shall not be 
devoured by selfishness; men that shall fear God 
and love man; men that shall love this nation with 
a pure and disinterested love. And so we beseech 
of Thee that our peace may stand firm upon integ¬ 
rity, and that righteousness may everywhere pre¬ 
vail.— Henry Ward Beecher. 


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